He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly it becomes beautiful, with its strange mouth, its deep-cut, criss-cross lines, and its doughnut complexion

Quote by Walt Whitman

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If you done it, it ain't bragging.

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to...

Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to...

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.

Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and...

Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and...

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual

The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.

The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.

Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?

Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?

Produce great men, the rest follows.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in...

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in...

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering...

In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering...